Details
The tapering cylindrical handle and upper section enamelled overall in translucent salmon pink over a guilloché ground, gold mounts finely chased with rococo scrolls and foliage, the gold-mounted lens spring-mounted, with suspension loop, marked on loop with workmaster’s initials
61⁄2 in. (16.5 cm.) long, without suspension loop
Provenance
Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich (1861-1929) and Countess Sophie of Merenberg, Countess de Torby (1868-1927).
By descent to Lady Zia Wernher (1892-1977).
By descent in the family.
Literature
K. Snowman, The Art of Carl Fabergé, London, 1962, no. 181 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé, Munich, 1986, p. 230, no. 443 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Munich, Kunsthalle of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé, 5 December 1986 - 8 March 1987, no. 443.
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